Twenty Families Rejected My Daughter Because of Her Diagnosis—Then I Signed the Adoption Papers in Under Four Minutes

helps you if you’re sick?”

“My friend Greg.”

She raised an eyebrow.

“Anyone else?”

I built a list.

My cousin Rebecca lived an hour away.

An old family friend named Marcus lived nearby.

I found a pediatrician.

I researched early intervention programs.

I attended appointments with permission.

I learned more about Down syndrome in six months than I had learned continue reading …